§ 22-104-104 — Program application - criteria - awards

Colorado § 22-104-104

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 22: Education
• Art.: Colorado High-impact Tutoring Program

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(1) To receive a grant, a
local education provider shall submit an application to the department in the
manner determined by the department. The local education provider shall
demonstrate need for support through the grant program, as determined by the
department, which need may include serving a high percentage of low-income or
underserved students, or serving students in a rural school district that cannot
implement a high-impact tutoring program without financial support.

(2) A local education provider or group of local education providers may
apply jointly for the grant. At a minimum, an application must include the local
education provider's high-impact tutoring program plan that includes the following
information:

(a) How the local education provider's program plan addresses the elements
of a high-impact tutoring program as described in section 22-104-103 and how it
modifies or omits elements and the reason for the modifications or omissions;

(b) How students will be identified for participation in the program;

(c) How many students are expected to be served through the program;

(d) The projected cost of implementing the program;

(e) How student academic progress and other program outcomes will be
measured;

(f) Whether the local education provider will create its own program and
whether it will partner with existing tutoring providers for implementation or tutor
capacity and training;

(g) Which academic subjects will be the focus of the program;

(h) Who the local education provider will recruit to be tutors and how those
tutors will be recruited and supported;

(i) How tutoring will be delivered and how the delivery will accommodate
remote learning;

(j) Whether tutors will follow a specific curriculum; and

(k) How tutoring will be incorporated into the school day.

(3) The department shall review the applications received pursuant to this
section, and the commissioner of education shall award grants after considering
the alignment of the local education provider's program plan with the elements of a
high-impact tutoring program as described in section 22-104-103 (2), the number of
students projected to be served and whether those students are low-income or
underserved students, the needs of a rural local education provider for financial or
technical support to implement a high-impact tutoring program, the cost of
implementing the local education provider's high-impact tutoring program, the
amount of available money for program grants, and any other criteria determined
by the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine the amount and duration of
grants. The goal of the grant awards is to serve as many students as possible
through high-impact tutoring programs, including low-income and underserved
students and students in rural areas, while ensuring that grant money is awarded to
high-impact tutoring programs that are likely to achieve positive student outcomes.

(4) Subject to available money to award program grants, the department
shall award and distribute program grants as provided in this article 104.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (HB 21-1234), ch. 249, p. 1356, � 1, effective June 16.